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Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

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Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

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Post by joemazerino »

I have commented on SF threads before regarding the violent crime.

I don't think we have figured out if this was premeditated or not, but either way, SF is becoming incredibly dangerous. Progressive DA's and a neutered police force are to blame for the rise in violent crime.

Many of my friends have taken their remote gigs and left SF in the last 3 years. What's the point in rolling the dice every time you walk outside for some air and to potentially catch an attack or worse? I can't blame them at all for the move.

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

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Post by peoplefromibiza »

lancesells wrote: post #311
game_the0ry wrote: post #279

> A friend who was planning to meet Lee in Miami this weekend told The Standard that Lee had been in San Francisco on business, had stayed an extra day and was killed on that day. I am genuinely curious to know how SF residents feel about this.

Not to diminish this tragedy but I believe murders are close to an all-time low in the city.

well that says a lot, San Francisco had in 3 months the same number of homicides that Rome has in one year, while also being 3 times larger.

SF average homicide rate: 7.1/100k [1]

Rome average homicide rate: 0.5/100k [2]

[1] https://abc7news.com/feature/san-francisco-bay-area-safety-t...

[2] (in Italian) https://www.agi.it/fact-checking/omicidio_sacchi_sicurezza_r...

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

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Post by itronitron »

isaacremuant wrote: post #273
kodisha wrote: post #267

I am very spoiled by living in one of the European capitals. It's super safe here, and it's normal thing to see young females taking a dog out for a walk in 22-02h. I visit SF at least once a year, and default to my learned habit of walking alone, and later at night. No more.

I never understand why people feel like they can make such generalizing statements as "One of the European capitals". Europe is not a monolith. Different areas also have different problems. It's like the whole talk about "walkable cities" or healthcare. Everything is frame from a US perspective and simplified to an absurd level so that no contextual criticism is possible without descending into weird political tribal…

I feel you, people also make a lot of generalizing statements about the USA, especially Europeans.

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

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Post by JeremyNT »

martin_a wrote: post #103

Can someone very briefly wrap this whole "SF is broken"-situation up for somebody from Europe? I only ever read that it's "because of the policies" and there are lots of rather disturbing videos about SF making its rounds on YouTube. But what exactly happened? Did they just remove all the police? Did they gave out free drugs to everybody? I'm not interested in blaming political parties, I just want to get a quick gra…

Only millionaires can afford to live in SF now due to the tech money. This displaces the middle class and poor, and leads to homelessness and increased crime.

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

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Post by ilikecakeandpie »

istjohn wrote: post #329
LegNeato wrote: post #270

My family has lived in SF since the 1800s. I recently moved because it has gotten so bad. I hate what the government has done to my city.

In a democracy, you are the government. What we see today in SF is the consequence of decades of hostility to construction and growth from the residents of SF.

In the US, that's not entirely true. There's acts of voter suppression and gerrymandering that have been rampant for what feels like forever and persist today.

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

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Post by cylinder »

lancesells wrote: post #311
game_the0ry wrote: post #279

> A friend who was planning to meet Lee in Miami this weekend told The Standard that Lee had been in San Francisco on business, had stayed an extra day and was killed on that day. I am genuinely curious to know how SF residents feel about this.

Not to diminish this tragedy but I believe murders are close to an all-time low in the city.

How does it feel to post outright incorrect information? Do you delete now or leave it up?

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

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Post by bombcar »

civilized wrote: post #312

I accompanied my wife to a conference in SF a few years ago. While walking along Market Street, returning to our hotel from picking up food for the kids, one of those dishevelled guys with big coats ran at me full tilt. I was forced to run across the middle of the street into traffic to get away from him. He pursued me, pulling out a gun and pointing it at me midway across the street. After I got across the street he…

I’ve often wondered if the above is part of the reason we have so many tech delivery companies - hire someone else to take the risk for that burger for you.

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

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Post by [deleted] »

kodisha wrote: post #267

I am very spoiled by living in one of the European capitals. It's super safe here, and it's normal thing to see young females taking a dog out for a walk in 22-02h. I visit SF at least once a year, and default to my learned habit of walking alone, and later at night. No more.

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Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

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Post by philwelch »

alephnerd wrote: post #324

My condolences to Bob's family. I hope this finally gets SF city government to get it's shit together. Ik the VC commmunity is pretty closely knit here but always seemed to concentrate on national politics. Maybe they'll now pressure City govt to finally start maintaining quality of life Edit: Jesus, this happened right in Rincon Hill. This is SF's equivalent of Murray Hill. Yea shit needs to be fixed.

It seems to me that SF city government has been openly hostile to tech this entire time. If they don’t care about impoverished minorities being murdered by violent criminals, what makes you think they would care any more about tech executives?

Re: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

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Post by [deleted] »

hestefisk wrote: post #352
kodisha wrote: post #267

I am very spoiled by living in one of the European capitals. It's super safe here, and it's normal thing to see young females taking a dog out for a walk in 22-02h. I visit SF at least once a year, and default to my learned habit of walking alone, and later at night. No more.

I always thought SF was relatively safer compared to other U.S. cities, eg LA?

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